ICD-10 Code Translator

The ICD-10 code online translator tool allows you to compare ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes. ICD-9 is being expanded from 17,000 to approximately 141,000 ICD-10 codes, and this online tool can help you map that expansion. (Note: this tool only converts ICD-10-CM codes, not ICD-10-PCS.)

October 1st ICD-10 deadline is approaching fast. Luckily, it’s not too late to start preparing your practice. Join the many providers that switched to Fast Track Medical Billing and have peace of mind.

Reminder: Failure to report data will be detrimental to your practice. But if you satisfactorily report data on quality measures for Medicare Part B covered professional services from 2015, you will avoid the negative 2 percent penalty cut in Medicare reimbursement in 2017.

On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will add another 5,500 codes to the ICD-10 diagnostic library, officials announced in a March 9 meeting. The addition will come exactly one year after ICD-10, with its nearly 70,000 billable codes, replaced the dated, and much more compact, ICD-9 code set. Learn more.

At first glance, Medicare’s new chronic care management (CCM) billing code, which became available January 1, looks like a major opportunity for primary care practices. But many practices will find it difficult to meet the requirements for billing the code, and a major reason is the limitations of today’s electronic health record (EHR) systems.

The Joint Commission, the United States’ main healthcare accreditation body, has lifted its ban on healthcare providers using secure text messaging to communicate patient information. This may come as a surprise to the vast majority of healthcare providers who have already been using text messaging in their jobs for quite a while. But it’s a…